A Revised Piecewise Linear Recursive Convolution FDTD Method for Magnetized Plasmas

The piecewise linear recursive convolution （PLRC） finite-different time-domain （FDTD） method improves accuracy over the original recursive convolution （RC） FDTD approach and current density convolution （JEC） but retains their advantages in speed and efficiency. This paper describes a revised piecewise linear recursive convolution PLRC-FDTD formulation for magnetized plasma which incorporates both anisotropy and frequency dispersion at the same time, enabling the transient analysis of magnetized plasma media. The technique is illustrated by numerical simulations of the reflection and transmission coefficients through a magnetized plasma layer. The results show that the revised PLRC-FDTD method has improved the accuracy over the original RC FDTD method and JEC FDTD method.

Theoretical Proof of Unconditional Stability of the 3-D ADI-FDTD Method

In order to eliminate Courant-Friedrich-Levy(CFL) condition restraint and improvecomputational efficiency,a new finite-difference time-domain(FDTD)method based on the alternating-direction implicit(ADI) technique is introduced recently.In this paper,a theoretical proof of the stabilityof the three-dimensional(3-D)ADI-FDTD method is presented.It is shown that the 3-D ADI-FDTDmethod is unconditionally stable and free from the CFL condition restraint.

An efficient locally one-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method based on the conformal scheme

An efficient conformal locally one-dimensional finite-difference time-domain（LOD-CFDTD） method is presented for solving two-dimensional（2D） electromagnetic（EM） scattering problems. The formulation for the 2D transverse-electric（TE） case is presented and its stability property and numerical dispersion relationship are theoretically investigated. It is shown that the introduction of irregular grids will not damage the numerical stability. Instead of the staircasing approximation, the conformal scheme is only employed to model the curve boundaries, whereas the standard Yee grids are used for the remaining regions. As the irregular grids account for a very small percentage of the total space grids, the conformal scheme has little effect on the numerical dispersion. Moreover, the proposed method, which requires fewer arithmetic operations than the alternating-direction-implicit（ADI） CFDTD method, leads to a further reduction of the CPU time. With the total-field/scattered-field（TF/SF） boundary and the perfectly matched layer（PML）, the radar cross section（RCS） of two2 D structures is calculated. The numerical examples verify the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method.

Analysis of Complex Electromagnetic Structures by Hybrid FDTD/WCIP Method

This paper proposes a hybrid full-wave analysis using Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) and Wave Concept Iterative Process (WCIP) methods, developed to analyze locally arbitrarily shaped microwave structures and Multilayer Planar structure. Using the equivalence principle, the original problem can be decomposed into two sub regions and solve each sub region separately. An interpolation scheme is proposed for communicating between the FDTD fields and WCIP wave, which will not require the effort of fitting the WCIP mesh to the FDTD cells in the interface region. This method is applied to calculate the scattering parameters of arbitrary (3-D) microwave structures. Applying FDTD to 3D discontinuity and WCIP to the remaining region preserves the advantages of both WCIP flexibility and FDTD efficiency. A comparison of the results with the FDTD staircasing data verifies the accuracy of the proposed method.

THE STUDY ON MEASURING TECHNIQUE OF PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR USING ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY METHOD WITH EXTERNAL SENSORS

Objective In order to find early latent faults and prevent catastrophic failures, diagnosis of insulation condition by measuring technique of partial discharge(PD) in gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is applied in this paper, which is one of the most basic ways for diagnosis of insulation condition. Methods Ultra high frequency(UHF) PD detection method by using internal sensors has been proved efficient, because it may avoid the disturbance of corona, but the sensor installation of this method will be limited by the structure and operation condition of GIS. There are some of electromagnetic (E-M) waves leak from the place of insulation spacer, therefore, the external sensors UHF measuring PD technique is applied, which isn't limited by the operation condition of GIS. Results This paper analyzes propagated electromagnetic (E-M) waves of partial discharge pulse excited by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The signal collected at the outer point is more complex than that of the inner point, and the signals' amplitude of outer is about half of the inner, because it propagates through spacer and insulation slot. Set up UHF PD measuring system. The typical PD in 252kV GIS bus bar was measured using PD detection UHF technique with external sensors. Finally, compare the results of UHF measuring technique using external sensors with the results of FDTD method simulation and the traditional IEC60270 method detection. Conclusion The results of experiment shows that the UHF technique can realize the diagnosis of insulation condition, the results of FDTD method simulation and the result UHF method detection can demonstrate each other, which gives references to further researches and application for UHF PD measuring technique.

SO-FDTD Analysis of the Plasma Reflectance of Epstein Distribution

The analysis of electromagnetic propagation in a dispersive medium is complicated in the time-domain because its dielectric constant is frequency-dependent. In this paper, the dielectric constant of the dispersive medium is written as a rational polynomial function, and the relationship between D and E is derived in the time-domain. It is referred to as the shift operator finite-different time-domain （SO-FDTD） method. Compared to an analytical solution and a piecewise linear current density recursive convolution （PLJERC） solution, the high accuracy and efl%iency of this method is verified by calculating the reflectance of the electromagnetic wave through a cold plasma slab. As the electron density in plasma is distributed as the Epstein formula, the effect of distribution grads and electron collision frequency on the reflectance is calculated by using the SO-FDTD method. The result shows that the increase in the distribution grads coefficient affects the reflectance sharply. When it comes to a smaller distribution grads coelBcient, the increase of the collision frequency showed a significant effect on the reflectance, but on the contrary, there is actually less and less effect till it disappears.

Investigation of a Novel Compact Microstrip Antenna for Radiotelemetry Capsules Based on FDTD

The objective of this paper is to design a microstrip patch antenna for the miniature electro-capsule communicating with external recorder at 915MHz located in Industry, Science, and Medical (ISM) bands. Microstrip antenna design parameters, resonance characteristics and radiation patterns are evaluated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The effects of location of feed point and human body are analyzed, and the radiation performances of the proposed antenna are estimated in terms of radiation patterns. Finally, specific absorption rate (SAR) computations are also performed, and the peak 1-g and 10-g SAR values are calculated. According to peak SAR values, the maximum delivered power for the designed antenna was found so that the SAR values of the antennas satisfy ANSI limitations.

A Novel Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure for Filter

Electromagnetic bandgap （EBG） materials are periodic structures capable of prohibiting the propagation of electromagnetic waves within a certain band of frequencies. This characteristic of EBG has wide application. The structures to be studied here are mainly planar EBG materials of two dimensions, which are periodic arrays of holes etched in the ground plane of a conventional microstrip line. EBG structures are calculated with finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method in this paper. Technique of the perfectly matched layer is used for the absorption of electromagnetic waves in FDTD. The FDTD method is programmed with the blend of C++ and Matlab languages, which makes the program both simple and fast computing. A kind of new EBG structure is brought out through a lot of experiments and analyses. A filter with wide stop-band and another filter with two stop-bands are designed.

New UWB imaging algorithm for multiple targets detection

Because the conventional ultra wideband（UWB） radar imaging algorithm cannot meet the demand in the capability of multiple targets detection,a novel UWB radar imaging algorithm based on the near field radiation theory of dipole is presented.On the foundation of researching the principle of a time domain imaging algorithm,the back projection（BP） algorithm is derived and analyzed.Firstly,the far field sampling data are transferred to the near field sampling data by using the near field radiation theory of dipole.Then the BP algorithm is applied to target detection.The capability of the new algorithm to detect the multi-target is verified by using the finite-difference time-domain method,and the threedimensional images of targets are obtained.The coupling effect between targets for imaging is analyzed.The simulation results show that the new UWB radar imaging algorithm based on the near field radiation theory of dipole could weaken the coupling effect for imaging,and as a result the quality of imaging is improved.

Spatially dispersive model of wire medium for scattering

The electromagnetic properties of wire medium are studied by analyzing its transmission coefficient, and a homogeneous uniaxial effective permittivity tensor with one spatially dispersive component is obtained. In order to evaluate the validity of the equivalent model for scattering problems, the bistatic and monostatic radar cross sections （RCS） of a block of wire medium are investigated with the finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. The difference of RCS from the physical wire medium and the corresponding equivalent model has been compared and analyzed under va- rious parameters of wire medium, which clearly demonstrates the accuracy of the equivalent model of wire medium.

Polarization properties in helical metamaterials

In the last few years, there has been growing interest in the research of helical metamaterials due to the advantages of giant circular dichroism; broad operation bands, and compact structures. However, most of the researches were in the cases of single-, circular-helical metamaterials, and normal incidences. In this paper, we reviewed recent simulation works in the helical metama- terials with the finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method, which mainly included the optical performances of double-, three-, four-helical metamaterials, perfor- mances of elliptical-helical metamaterials, and the polar- ization properties under the condition of oblique incidences. The results demonstrate that the double-helical metamaterials have operation bands more than 50%, which is broader than those of the single-helical structures. But both of them have low signal-to-noise ratios about 10 dB. The three- and four-helical metamaterials have significant improvement in overall performance. For elliptical- helixes, simulation results suggest that the transmitted light can have elliptical polarization states. On the condition of oblique incidences, the novel property of tunable polarization states occurred in the helical metama- terials, which could have much broader potential applica- tions such as tunable optical polarizers, tunable beam splitters, and tunable optical attenuators.

Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields in Multiscale Model

Modeling technique for electromagnetic fields excited by antennas is an important topic in computational electromagnetics, which is concerned with the numerical solution of Maxwell's equations. In this paper, a novel hybrid technique that combines method of moments(MoM) with finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) method is presented to handle the problem. This approach employed Huygen's principle to realize the hybridization of the two classical numerical algorithms. For wideband electromagnetic data, the interpolation scheme is used in the MoM based on the dyadic Green's function. On the other hand, with the help of equivalence principle, the scattered electric and magnetic fields on the Huygen's surface calculated by MoM are taken as the sources for FDTD. Therefore, the electromagnetic fields in the environment can be obtained by employing finite-difference time-domain method. Finally, numerical results show the validity of the proposed technique by analyzing two canonical samples.

Characteristics and geometry optimization of a hollow cone for guiding and focusing laser light

A highly focused beam with spot radius of around 1 ktm and enhanced light intensity is obtained by using an open hollow cone. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations are performed for clarifying light propagation characteristics and the cone geometry dependence of the cone-focused laser light. Two important parameters characterizing the cone-focusing effect are introduced, which are opening angle and cone tip size. By changing these parameters, the laser intensification, field spatial distribution at the cone tip and the near-field transmission can be controlled. Understanding this is quite important in designing the optimum cone shape for fast ignition and determining the basis for using hollow cone targets as devices for generating high energy charged particles.

Design of unidirectional emission silicon/llI-V laser for on-chip interconnects

We propose a unidirectional emission silicon/ III-V laser, which comprises an III-V quantum wells microdisk connected to an output waveguide and a siliconon-insulator （SOI） waveguide. Characteristics of the III-V microdisk with an output waveguide and mode coupling between the III-V output waveguide and the SO1 waveguide are investigated by three-dimensional （3D） finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. Simulation results show that the Q factor of a coupled mode for a 7.5 μm diameter microdisk connected to a 0.5 μm wide output waveguide is about 8.5×10^4. And the coupling efficiency between the III-V output waveguide and the SO1 waveguide is over 96% when the III-V waveguide width is 0.5 μm, the SO1 waveguide width is 0.565 μm and the vertical gap between those two waveguides is 0.1μm. The proposed hybrid laser would be of valuable applications for on-chip interconnects.